3 Stocks Pushing The Telecommunications Industry Lower

1. As of noon trading, China Unicom (Hong Kong ( CHU) is down $0.12 (-0.7%) to $15.99 on light volume Thus far, 164,723 shares of China Unicom (Hong Kong exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 653,100 shares. The stock has ranged in price between $15.97-$16.05 after having opened the day at $16.02 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $16.11.

China Unicom (Hong Kong) Limited, an investment holding company, engages in the provision of GSM and WCDMA cellular, and related telecommunications services primarily in the People's Republic of China. China Unicom (Hong Kong has a market cap of $37.9 billion and is part of the technology sector. The company has a P/E ratio of 57.5, above the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are down 23.8% year to date as of the close of trading on Wednesday. Currently there are 4 analysts that rate China Unicom (Hong Kong a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and 1 rates it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates China Unicom (Hong Kong as a hold. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its robust revenue growth, impressive record of earnings per share growth and compelling growth in net income. However, as a counter to these strengths, we also find weaknesses including a generally disappointing performance in the stock itself and poor profit margins. Get the full China Unicom (Hong Kong Ratings Report now.

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